Liquid spraying device



Patented Apr. 28, 1936 PATENT LIQUID SPRAYING DEVICE Charles L. Williams, Los Ang s, Galif.,;, William I. Hefi'ron, trustee in estate of said Charles. L.

Williams, bankrupt Application October 14, 19,33,-S,,erial No. 693,631 Renewed February 6, 19.

6 Claims.

invention relates to a liquid spraying device. and while it is of. general. application it is. especially intended for use in spraying; oil onto the leaf springs of motor cars.

It; is. an.- obiect. of this invention to construct a. simple yet efficient mechanism whereby a spray of: oil. may be injected with considerable force by the operator in the use of two fingers engaging a stationary handle and the thumb op--. erating a head mounted on the top of a reciprocable plunger against the tension of a spring which tends to. move the plunger in the oppo-v Sit direction. The extreme. simplicity of the construction and ease of operation are the distinguishing features of this invention which may be applied to a can especially constructed or to the cans of commerce which are provided with a screw threaded tubular neck'on which the device. is mounted.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as. the description proceeds, my me volition consists in the construction and arrange; ment of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of; this specification, I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention and in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical central section of the device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the operating handle, taken on the line 2-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, Ill indicates a can preierably of a. size which can be conveniently carried in one hand. The same is provided with a screw threaded tubular neck l'l extending from the top thereof onw'hich a screw cap 12 is mount-v ed. (3 is a gasket between the top of the neck II and the cap. l2. Extending downwardly from the cap l2 there is a pump barrel l4 provided at. its. lower end with a, standing valve [5 which is pref-. erably of the ball type, as shown. At the upper end of the barrel ll is a tubular plug I6 which is suitably secured to the barrel l4 by a press fit. The upper end of theplug I6. is reduced and screw threaded as at l! and extends through a bore |2"in the cap l2 forithe reception of a nut I8 which holds the plug to the cap l2 and also a handle l9 disposed between the nut l8 and the top of cap [2.

The handle I9 consists of a pair of convex arms 2020 extending in diametrically opposed direc tions, being united by a perforated disk 2| encircling the reduced neck ll of the plug 16. Slidably mounted in the plug I6 is a tubular plunger 22 provided at its lower end with a suitable piston 2:3 and an, inwardly op mn va v 24 prefer bly of he ball t pe. T e plunger x en s, for some distance above. the can l and a mo nted its upper end a tubu ar can p o id d with a substantially flat or slightly convex top 2-5". A tubular member 26, leads from the head25 prefera ly at ri h a l thereto at whose outer end a su t le sp ay n nozzle 21 is mou ted, 28 is a screen member in the tubular member 26 to screen the oil during its passage to. the nozzle head 21.

Surrounding the upper part of the plunger 22v and interposed between the head 25, and the hut. H! is a helical spring 29 tending to move the head 25, and, the plunger 22- attached thereto upwardly. The pw d m vem t of t e pl er s imited. by a stop member 30 mou ed on the p unger 2: nd. adapted to engage t b tom of p us; E 3| is a perforation in the upper part oi barrel 1- to per i f ee ci cul tion o a r between. the upper pa t of th n a d; the an u r spa b tw en t plunger 2 d th ba rel UL It will be underst od t at n pla e of the can I en n the tubular neck of; the an. l0. the t p f. he. can ould be built gra ly wit the plu t, dispe s ng with the tubul r hoo and he screw cap and a special opening could be pro vided for filling the can with oil.

operation In the o eration th perator h s the. can. with two fingers engaging the convex arms 20-.-20' of t ha dl while the t u ensaees the too 25 he n ck. By pr ing, the head 25 down ward y a ainst the te sio of th sprin the plunger 22 moving downwardly will close standng va v 5, op n the valve 24 in the plu ge an force the oil between the p sto 2. an hestandinc v lve l5 upwardly to the t ular plunger 22 and to the. head 25 out through the no zle h ad 21. It should e remarked he that the a tion o e spring 9 s uick, r turn h lunger 2 to its extreme upward p sition inst ntl horebv ag n fil i th spa e b tw en he s n in val e and the. pist n with oil so that w th the ne depression of the he d 25 the oil is spray d with considerable force out through thenogzle headl'l.

It is a great convenience in the operation of my device to be able to place the tubular member 26 with its nozzle 21 in various angular positions in respect to the axis of the handle Is. It is merely necessary to rotate the member .26 and the plunger 22 connected thereto upon the axis of the plunger to the desired position. The frictional co-efiicient of the spring 29 engaging the movable head 25 at one end and the stationary nut l8 at the other will hold the nozzle and the parts connected thereto in adjusted position so that it will require a conscious eilfort to rotate the nozzle 'into a' new position. The

' plunger 22 fits loosely in the plug I 6, permitting air to pass between them to compensate for the oil displacement inthe container, 7 a a I 7 Various changes in the construction and ar rangement of parts of my device may be made by those skilled inthe art without departing from plunger, a spring tending to move the plungerup-- wardly, and a stationary handle supported by" the container and comprising oppositely disposed arms adapted to be engaged by two fingers of the operator while the thumb operates the plunger by alternately depressing the head. 30

2.A-liquid spraying device'comprising a container, a stationary barrel extending downwardly from the top of the container and providedwith a standing valve at'the lower end, a reciprocable a tubular plunger in'thebarrel and having an inwardly opening valve and-a piston at the lower end, said plunger extending upwardly from the top of the container, a stop limiting'the upward movement of the plunger, a headprovided with a fiat top mounted onthe upper-end or the' plunger, a spray nozzle connected to the plunger and extending therefrom at an angle, a spring tending to move the plunger upwardly, and a stationary handle supported by'the container and comprising two oppositely disposed convex arms adapted to be engaged by two fingers of the operator while the thumb operates the plunger by'alternately depressing the head. 7

3. A liquid spraying'device comprising a container, a stationary barrel extending downwardly from the top of the container and provided with a standing valve at the lower end, a reciprocable tubular plunger in the barrel and having an-inwardly opening valve and a piston at the lower end, said plunger extending upwardly from the top'flof the container, a stop limiting the upward movement of the plunger, a tubular head provided with a flat top mounted on the upper end of the'plunger, a spray nozzle conne'ctedto the head and extending therefrom at an angle, a helical spring surrounding the upper -part of the plunger interposed between the head and the top of the container, and a stationary 'handle com prising two convex arms extending diametrically from the top of the barrel and adapted' to be p s n he a -V g engaged by two fingers of the operator while the thumb operates the 1 plunger by alternately de- 4. A liquid spraying device comprising a closed container having a screw threaded tubular neck on top, a screw cap on the neck, a pump barrel extending downwardly from the cap and provided with a standing valve at its lower end, a

tubular plug fast to the inner upper end of the barrel and extending above the cap, a tubular; plunger mounted for reciprocable movement in plunger and interposed between the head and the nut, and a stationary handle comprising two oppositely disposed convex arms extending diametrically from the top of the cap and adapted to be engaged by two fingers of the operator while the thumb operates the'plunger' by alternately depressing the head. a f

A liquid sprayingdevice comprising a container, a stationary barrel extending downwardly from the top of the container andlprovided with a standing valve at the lower end, a rotatable plunger'reciprocably mounted in the barreland having an inwardly opening valve and a'pis'ton at the lower end, said plunger extending upwardly from the: top of the container, a stop limiting the upward movement of the plunger, a

a tubular head mounted on the upper endof the plunger, a spray nozzle connected to the head and extending therefrom at an angle to the plunger, a stationary handle comprising two oppositely disposed arms arranged in alignment and extending laterally from the plunger and 1 adapted to be engaged by two fingers or the operator while the thumb operates the plunger by alternately depressing the head, a helical spring embracing the upper part ofthe plunger and engaging the lower face of the head at one end and a stationary support on the container at the other, said spring tending to move-the" plunger upwardly and to hold the plunger and the nozzle connected thereto in adjusted angular position in respect to the handle.

6. A liquid spraying device comprising a "container, a stationary barrel extending downwardly from the top of the container and provided with an inwardly openingvalve, a reciprocable tubular; plunger in the barrel and extending upwardly 'from the top. of the container, a piston attached to said plunger and fitting said barrel, an in-' wardly opening valve in said plunger, a head on the plunger, a spray nozzle connected to the plunger, a spring tending to move the plungerupwardlyrand a stationary handle supported-by the container and comprising oppositely-dis posed arms adapted-to be engaged by two fingersof the operator while the; thumb operates the plunger by alternately depressing thei-head. 

